Sunday, 30 August 2015

Nigeria Airforce fighter plane crashes in Kaduna, killing seven people.


    A fighter jet belonging to Nigeria Airforce crashed Saturday at old Nigeria Defence Academy in Kaduna. The plane was reported to have took off from Airfield in Kaduna and was heading to Abuja on a routine training the crash occured, local media reported. The bodies of the victims have been recovered and they include, the captain, co-pilot, crew technician and four passengers. Chief of the Air staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar was reported to have set up a panel to look at the remote and immediate caused of the clashed. Military plane crash is not common in the Nigeria military. The clash came after Nigerian president Buhari ordered the Army to wipe out Boko Haram militant group within three months.

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